I need help figuring out how to finally obtain Bachelors, advice appreciated

[bjcheung77]

@dadof3, you have an AAS already in an IT field, it's a 'base' of your knowledge you can build up on.  There are so many ways to swing this to your liking, it depends which way you're leaning towards.  A progression into Management, or a continuation into sub specialties of IT... In your shoes, you need to decide a nice mix/match of certs, degree, experience... You decide how to mix that yourself, more certs, different degree, gain experience...

I think just a regular BABA PM&IS would do better for leadership/management roles if you're planning that in the future.  If you just need a check the box degree, get the BLS MIS and add a minor of your choice as this degree will slot up to 60 elective credits.  And if you want to go into other fields of IT, you really don't need a specific degree, you can hit them slightly differently with the extra Cousera/TADA certs.  Examples are below:

Basically, I recommend grouping the certs in a specific order to ladder the knowledge from one to the other, such as this...
Essentially, when you get the certs, you're adding 'some experience' to hit the trifecta I mentioned earlier: certs, degree, experience.

1. Cybersecurity/IT related - Start with Coursera/TADA, IT Support Pro Cert, ladder that up to IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Pro Cert.
- You can do some freebies such as the TEEX Cybersecurity courses along with this or as prep for this track.

2. Coding/Development - Start with Coursera/TADA, UX Design Cert, ladder that up to IBM Full Stack Software Developer Pro Cert.
- You can take the Meta Front-End and Back-End developer certs (I think these are also free from TADA) for the Coding part.

3. Project Management - Start with Coursera/TADA, META Social Media Marketing, ladder up to Google Project Management Pro.
- Take Sophia.org Project Management and their other business/communication counterpart courses to get an idea of Business/Management.

4. Data Analytics - Again, Start with Coursera/TADA, Google Data Analytics and ladder up to all the IBM Data options combined...
Consider again taking as many cheapie/freebie options along with the Google offering, plus the various IBM Data Analytics/Science options.

You can take one or more routes, decide what your passion lies, then you can see if taking a degree (not another Bachelors, but a Masters) would do.
There are several Masters of Applied Computer Science or Data Science, etc offerings that do not require a prior Bachelors for entry all around 10-15K.

Coursera/TADA offerings Wiki: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Coursera
TEEX & other Free Sources of Credit: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Fr..._of_Credit